TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thomas,Aiden D.
AU  - Harris,Milton L.
TI  - Treatment of PTSD and traumatic brain injury among veterans 
T2  - Military and veteran issues
SN  - 9781620817087
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
KW  - Post-traumatic stress disorder
KW  - Treatment
KW  - United States
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Veterans
KW  - Mental health
KW  - War neuroses
KW  - Prevention
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; TREATMENT OF PTSD AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AMONG VETERANS ; TREATMENT OF PTSD AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AMONG VETERANS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION'S TREATMENT OF PTSD AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AMONG RECENT COMBAT VETERANS* ; NOTES ; PREFACE ; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; CLINICAL CARE WITHIN VHA ; VHA's Services for PTSD ; VHA's Services for TBI ; Concurrent Diagnoses of PTSD and TBI ; Polytrauma ; COOPERATION BETWEEN VHA AND DOD ; CBO'S ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO VHA DATA ; OCCURRENCE AND PREVALENCE OF PTSD AND TBI ; USE OF VHA'S SERVICES; Number of Patients Using VHA's Services Frequency of Use ; Inpatient Care; Outpatient Care; Pharmacy Services ; COSTS OF VHA'S SERVICES; Costs of All Health Care ; Total Costs ; Average Costs ; Costs of PTSD- and TBI-Specific Care ; Total Costs; Average Costs ; Other Studies of the Costs of Treating PTSD and TBI ; POLYTRAUMA PATIENTS ; APPENDIX A: BACKGROUND ON PTSD AND TBI ; Criteria for a PTSD Diagnosis ; Course of PTSD ; Clinical Definition of TBI ; Course of TBI ; APPENDIX B: DATA AND METHODS ; APPENDIX C: INTERPRETING PUBLISHED ESTIMATES OF THE PREVALENCE OF PTSD AND TBI; PTSD Prevalence among Current Service Members Who Deployed to Overseas Contingency Operations and Veterans of Those Operations Issues in Reporting PTSD Prevalence Rates ; Screening Tools to Estimate PTSD Prevalence Rates ; Subsamples of the OCO Population ; TBI Prevalence among Current Service Members Who Deployed to Overseas Contingency Operations and Veterans of Those Operations ; Issues in Reporting TBI Prevalence Rates ; Diagnosis Codes to Estimate TBI Prevalence Rates ; Screening Tools to Estimate TBI Prevalence Rates ; Sample Selection ; Extent of Impairment; APPENDIX D: VHA'S AVERAGE ANNUAL COSTS FOR OCO VETERANS WHO CONTINUE TO SEEK CARE End Notes ; End Notes for Appendix A ; End Notes for Appendix B ; End Notes for Appendix C ; Chapter 2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE: USE OF NEUROCOGNITIVE ASSESSMENT TOOLS IN POST-DEPLOYMENT IDENTIFICATION OF MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY* ; RESULTS IN BRIEF ; DOD POLICY DOES NOT REQUIRE SCREENING ALL SERVICEMEMBERS WITH A NEUROCOGNITIVE ASSESSMENT TOOL POST-DEPLOYMENT ; REPORTS AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES INFORMED DOD'S POLICY ; MTBI EXPERTS TOLD US THE SCIENCE SUPPORTS DOD'S POLICY ; AGENCY COMMENTS ; End Notes; Chapter 3 MANAGEMENT OF CONCUSSION/MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY* QUALIFYING STATEMENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; Background ; Scope of Guideline ; Development Process ; Implementation ; Future Research ; Goals of This Guideline ; Document Presentation ; Conventions Used in This Guideline ; GUIDELINE KEY POINTS ; General ; Natural Course of Disease ; Return to Work /Duty Activity ; Early intervention ; Symptom Management ; ALGORITHMS ; A: INITIAL PRESENTATION ; 1. Definitions/Classifications ; 1.1. Definition of Traumatic Brain Injury ; 1.2. Severity of Brain Injury Stratification
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